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The Huron Expositor, 1955-11-25, Page 2MEM JH[FRQN g ori !1;,; SEAFORTH, ONT., NOV. 25, 1955 MON EXPOSITOR Established 1860 A. Y. McLean, Editor Published at Seaforth, Ontario, Very Thursday morning by McLean giros. Subscription rates, $2.50 a year in advance; foreign $3.50 a year. Single copies, 5 cents each. Member of Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association. Advertising rates on application. PHONE 41 Authorized as Second Class Mail Post Office Department, Ottawa SEAFORTH, Friday, Nov. 25, 1955 Congratulations, CKNX-TV Congratulations • to W. T. "Doc" Cruickshank and the staff of CKNX on the successful inauguration of CKNX-TV. One of the outstanding radio sta- tions serving a predominantly rural audience, CKNX long since has be- come an .institution of which Huron County has been proud. That CKNX- TV likewise will bring distinction to the county and the town in which it is located, is a foregone conclusion. To Mr. Cruickshank goes the cred- it for the pioneer efforts which brought the radio voice to its peak, and to his vision and faith must also go credit for the entry into television. It is unfortunate that illness has pre- vented him from participating in the programs marking the advent of 4CKNX-TV. Coupled with congratulations to the new station must go every wish for Doc Cruickshank's speedy recov- ery. Election Time This is the time of year when the average citizen has the opportunity of indicating just how much he thinks of the democratic process. He can indicate how much he thinks of the freedom he enjoys by whether or not he takes his proper part in fur- thering the affairs of the municipal- ity in which he Iives. In the next few weeks every town and every township will elect the persons who are to have the responsi- bility of conducting the affairs of the municipality for the coming year. It is the responsibility of every citizen, who values the way of life which we in Canada enjoy, to do his part in selecting those of his fellow citizens who, in his opinion, are best qualified to serve. This he can do by being present at the municipal nomination meeting. The nomination meeting provides an opportunity to have reviewed the decisions and actions of the municipal council during the current year. and to hear proposals from those who may aspire to office in the following year. A large attendance of interested and informed ratepayers at a nom- ination meeting indicate a commun- ity that is concerned to the end that its affairs are conducted properly. Such a meeting is an encouragement to capable and conscientious councils and at the same time a warning to inept and inefficient councils. S -D Day Seaforth Chamber of Commerce is associating with similar organiza- tions across Canada in sponsoring ,S -D Day on Thursday, December 1. District police are co-operating in ob- serving S -D Day. Safe Driving Day is designed to drive home to the average citizen the awful toll in human lives and suf- fering that carelessness on the streets and highways of Canada is exacting. There is no doubt that a problem exists. Just look at these figures: In 1954, 2,586 persons were killed in traffic accidents across Canada, and 8,300 were killed in the U.S.A.—one death every 133/4 minutes! Last year, there were 58,738 per- sons injured in traffic accidents in *Canada. United States traffic injur- ies amounted tq.1,350,000—one injury every 23 seconds! Traffic accidents last year were the „greatest single killer of persons be- tween the age of 3-40. They were a big killer of children in' early school drl,: And of aung people between ages Of. 15 and 24. They killed almost twice as many workers as were killed in occupational accidents not involving vehicles. What makes difficult an improve- ment in the picture is that so many of us regard a traffic offence as a trivial matter—something to be jok- ed at. When our neighbor says he drove to Toronto in two hours, we congratuate him and say: "Some driving!" We don't register concern or indignation as would have been the case had he boasted that he had committed a theft. Yet, the danger to the public is as great in the one situation as in the other. The sooner the public regards dan- gerous driving and the valuation of safe driving rules in the came cate- gory as other crimes, then the soon- er an improvement in the highway accident picture can be anticipated. WHAT OTHER PAPERS SAY: City Government (Peterborough Examiner) The complexity, weight and peace of municipal affairs in all their branches require changes in admini- stration. School boards, commissions and councils are generally composed of citizens with full-time work who spend their spare time without fin- ancial recompense on the tasks of the board to which they were elected. Whittington's Cat (St. John Telegraph -Journal) With joy we greet the news that proof exists that Dick Whittington had a real cat. Workmen, digging on the site of an old chapel in the heart of London, recently carne on the elab- orate Iead coffin indubitably that of Sir Richard who died in 1423, having been thrice Mayor of London—they were not Lord Mayor then. Nearby that coffin was a smaller one containing the mummified re- mains of a cat. There have been those who sneered at the cat part of the story, pointing out that the like occurs in German, Danish, Italian and Russian folklore. Well, what is there to prevent others liking the yarn and appropriating it to themselves? Unfinished Business (Wingham Advance -Times) Around about this time of year it would be a good idea if the town council would take a look through minutes of all its meetings since the first of the year and see what there is in the way of unfinished business. Perhaps members could bring us up to date on some of the issues which seem to have got lost, strayed or stol- en since they were first discussed in council. At one period during the year there was quite a bit of discussion on the subject of traffic lights on the main street. The matter seems to have fallen into the limbo of unfin- ished business without any decision having been reached. Perhaps re- ference to the minutes would unearth other questions which were never either acted upon or filed. One thing is certain. A perusal of the minutes would probably bring to light some interesting topics of con- versation for the nomination meet- ing to be held this month. Good News (Exeter Times -Advocate). An unsung but hard-working or- ganization in Huron County is the Children's Aid Society whi recent- ly held an information eeting in Caven Presbyterian Church From the reports given b the offi- cers of this dedicated group, it is evi- dent they are performing an enlight- ened service for the benefit of the youth of this county. The scope of the Society is larger than one might expect. Its program includes protection work to keep families together; care of unmarried mothers and adoptions; family court cases and probation supervision. Over 350 children come under the supervision of the Children's Aid So- ciety—some in their own homes, some in receiving homes, some in fos- ter homes. The organization spends $32,000 of county taxes to rehabili- tate children and their families. There is little doubt that the work of the Society today will be reflected in years t9 come in a continuation of Huron County's low incidence of crime. 4 A Blondie By Chic Young YOU KNOW, BLONDIE I'M GONG TO FIGHT TB I -LARDER THAN EVER TMIS YEAR BY BUYING MORE CHRISTMAS SEALS! WONDERFUL, DAGWOOD. IT'S ONE FIGHT I'M GLAD TO SEE YOU GET INTO! �-�✓ oQ 4oiG Help Fight TB f - • NYS mss ca>vsnsrs cnEEnNGSmss Buy Christmas Seals SEEN IN THE COUNTY PAPERS Police Checking Cars Ontario Provincial police in Hur- on County have checked about 800 cars, laid 115 charges and issued 62 warnings. since the province - wide crackdown on Highway Act violators began. Sergeant C. N. Anderson, of the Ontario Provincial Police here. reports the crack- down has been rewarding as it is noted motorists have begun taking greater care on the roads.—Gode- rich Signal -Star. Relative of "Tiger" Dunlop Mr. George Dunlop, of Victoria, B.C., whose grandfather was a bro- ther of "Tiger" Dunlop, made a brief visit to the Huron County Museum on the weekend. He also called at the home of Mr. Gavin Green and purchased two of this author's historical books of this district. Mr. Dunlop came up to Goderich from London. where he has been visiting. He plans to re- turn to Goderich in the near fu- ture. Were Visitors Here Flt. Lieut. D. J. MacLean and Mrs. MacLean (nee Anastasia Cor- riveau). have arrived in Edmonton, after visiting with the latter's mother, Mrs. Marcil Corriveau, 14th concession, Hay. They have spent the last three years in France where Flt. Lieut. MacLean was stationed with the R.CA.F. During their stay here they trav- elled extensively covering most places of interest on the Continent. Living conditions in most of the places are quite primitive and so they are very thankful to be back home in Canada. The ocean voy- age home was a very rough one as they encountered two hurricanes before landing —Zurich Herald. Asparagus Gets Boost At Wingham Asparagus growers from West- ern Ontario met in Wingham to set up the administrative frame- work and conduct a -dedication ceremony for a new Western On- tario farm -produce industry. Gruww- ers from Brussels. Monkton and Wingham areas, who hold a total 125 acres of asparagus roots plant- ed last spring, took as their associa- tion name "Western Ontario As- paragus Gardens." In an unusual dedication ceremony, a silver trowel used by he late John Wil- ford to lay the cornerstone of the United Church in Wingham, was used to transfer son brought from each farmer's land into a large box—a symbol of unity toward suc- cess.—Clinton News Record. Wolves or Bears? The possibility that there may be bears or wolves at large in East Wawanosb has caused some anx- iety among farmers in the town- ship, after a number of calves have been reported killed and partly eaten. At least three calves have been reported killed in the past three weeks, with possibly more being the victim of the marauder which so far no one has positively identified. Nelson Dow on Tues- day found a calf dead in his field which had evidently been killed by some animal. Although it had probably been dead for a couple of days, there were tracks still visible around the carcass which were "bigger than any dog". George Walker. livestock valuer, who in- vestigated, told the Advance -Times that it was difficult to tell what sort of animal had done the dam- age. The carcasses were partly de- voured.—Wingham Advance -Times. Huron County Music Festival Right now there are grave doubts as to whether the Huron County `Music Festival will survive. "There's not enough people to do the work," says Mrs. Clayton Ed- ward, present president of the Hur- on County Music Festival. "We need the assistance of professional musicians and also people inter- ested in the Festival because of the children they might have tak- ing part in it. Unless we get the assistance we need. it looks as if we will have to fold up." Should this be the case. it will be a dis- tinct loss to this community, this district and Huron County as a whole. Each May the Festival has brought hundreds of children and admiring parents and friends from all over the county. Dozens of awards and gleaming silverware prizes and shields- will go by the boards in the overall picture with the death of the festival--Goderich Signal -Star. CROSSROADS (By JAMES SCOTT) A Huron Rebel Not so long ago I was talking to Louis Blake Duff, a Huron old boy from Bluevale, who has made quite a name for himself in the world of Canadian letters and who has spent a long life collecting odd pieces of information about the strange and little known people of Canadian history. Not so long ago. the Uni- versity of Western Ontario made him an honorary Doctor of Letters for his work as an historian. "Do you know Willie Jackson of Wingham?"Dr. Duff asked me dur- ing our conversation. I had to admit that I had never beard of Willie and, to make up for this defiency. Dr. Duff gave me a copy of a thirty -page pamph- let he wrote about this strange son of Huron County. Willie Jackson was born and raised in Wingham, but he went West with the rest of the family when it moved there in the great exodus which took so many set- tlers from Huron and Bruce in the late days of the nineteenth cen- tury. He was there, by now a young man in his twenties, when the disturbance which became the Riel Rebellion started. Willie Jack- son was a passionate believer in liberty—and in this he was char- acteristic of many, many of his Huron County associates for a love of liberty made itself manifest in this county from the earliest days of the Canada Company. However, with Willie Jacksonthere was a lacy of stability which grew more and more pronounced as the years went on. In the beginning, he was so en- thusiastic for Riel's cause and so active and clever_(he was a well- educated man, although nobody seems to know just how he acquir- ed his schooling) that Riel made him bis private secretary. As the excitement grew and actual battles were fought, poor Jackson got com- pletely out of control and before the rebellion was over, Riel had to imprison him because he had be - If come a dangerous fanatic. When General Middleton's troops moved in and the Rebellion was smashed and Riel taken prisoner, they took Willie Jackson too. Riel, of course, was, rightly or wrongly, hanged for treason. Jack- son too was charged but was found insane and committeed to a men- tal hospital. Within a few days he escaped and headed to the States,. where for many years he lived, lecturing on the injustice of Riel's sentence and working in many radical labor movements. He was a tough man and he Iived to be ninety years old. It is hard to believe that this early son of Huron died only three years ago in New York City. He had lived there for many years working as janitor of an apartment house and collecting books and newspapers as a hobby. When he died be had three apartments full of his col- lection—eight thousand books and a pile of newspapers thirty-five feet long. At first glance, it looks as if Wil- lie was still crazy and was a pack - rate like the notorious Collier brothers who died in New York just about the same time. But those who knew him—and he had many, many friends—said he had been collecting all this material with one single purpose in mind. Some day, he planned to return to the Canadian West and establish a library for the Indians. Was Willie Jackson really nutty? Some will say he was, and others will not be quite so sure. He is a strange product of this county of ours and his like is not often seen. But Willie Jackson never lacked friends or money or a goal in life, and even to the last there were people who took him in and eared for him. And he lived -to be nine- ty, in full pose ssion of his facul- ties up to the let few days. Sometimes I wonder just who is crazy. • , HENBA,LL\ Mr. Ray . Kyle, from Eldorado, Sask., who hers been visiting with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Kyle, has left for Sudbury, where he has taken a job in the gold mines. Mr. and Mrs. Gary Corlett, To- ronto, were weekend visitors with Mr. and Mrs. N. E. Cook. Miss Margaret Mousseau is spending two weeks visiting with relatives in Detroit. Bingo Winners Winners at Legion bingo Iast Saturday night were: Mrs. J. Plante (2), of Jamestown; Wilfred Doupe, Mrs. A. Denomme, Lucille Brisson, George Henderson, Allan Plante (2), Jamestown; Mrs. Fleis- chaur, free bingo, $4; Mrs. Robert Baker, Mrs. Bert Wren, Tony Bed- ard (2), Mrs. Bill Austin, Seaforth; Mrs. R. Taylor. Jackpot next Saturday night will be $90 in 58 calls. The bingo is sponsored by Hensall Legion. Holds Thankoffering Service On Sunday morning, Nov, 20, Rev. C. D. Daniel introduced tc the congregation Mrs. L. C. White, of Ingersoll, past president of Lon- don Conference branch of the Wo- men's Missionary Society, and now on the executive, as guest speaker. This being the annual thankoffer- ing service of the W.M.S., her chal- lenging address, entitled, "Why Missions?" served to make all see the responsibility in a new light. The choir, under direction of Mr. S. Rannie and Miss Lammie, sang, "0 For a Thousand. Tongues." Service next Sunday, Nov. 27, wil lbe at the usual hour of 11 a.m. Rev. C. D. Daniel will be in charge. Sunday School is at 10 o'oclock. Chiselhurst service is at 3 p.m.; Sunday School preceeds at 2 p.m. al! n, AY YEARS ALONE. l¢`e' e ' p ieked from Tia Huron Expo icor of 25,52 and 73 Tears Ago. From The Huron Expositor November 28, 1930 Mr. Henry Phile, of Hensall. pur- chased the Kippen Hall and he in- tends tearing it down and erecting it on the land he recently purchas- ed from Dr. Moir, south of Hensall. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Doig, of Howick, and Mr. and Mrs. Moody Kincade, of Listowel, visited Mr. and Mrs. Wm. M. Doig during the week. Mrs. J. A. Stewart and . Miss Fergus McKay, of Seaforth, spent several days last week with Lon- don friends. Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Doerr and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hoegy, of Mc- Killop, spent Sunday at Gadshill. Messrs. Con and Fred Eckart and Mrs. Fergus Horan, of Man- ley, were visitors in Stratford and North Easthope Township last week. Miss Grace Cooper, of Kippen, is visiting for a few weeks with her sister, Mrs. Grant Love, of Lan- sing, Mich. Mrs. Robert Hawthorne has sold the residence she recently vacated to Mr. George McSpadden, of Mc- Killop. • From The Huron Expositor November 24, 1905 Mr. and Mrs. James Taylor, of Hensall, were in Lucan recently visiting their daughter, Mrs. Tay- lor. Miss Ethel Murdoch, of Hensall, has accepted a position as book- keeper with a London firm and left on Monday last to engage in her duties. Miss Bertha Carder, Blyth, has, erected a cement kiln for burning_ china on- her father's property. She does extensive business in the - china painting and is now better - prepared than ever to fill orders. in that line. Messrs. George McKee and Hugh Alexander, of Leadbury, sawed 25 cords of wood in six hours for Wm. H. McGavin. Mr. Henry Cash, of Roxboro, who - has been in 'Manitoba and they Northwest since last August, re- turned home on Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Trick, of Clinton, and Misses Annie Seldom and Nina Snell, of Ingersoll, have recently been visiting Mr. and: Mrs. George Samwell, of Exeter. t From The Huron Expositor November 26, 1880 Mr. Robert Charters has pur- chased the farm of Mr. Ebenezer - Forsyth on the Mill Road, paying. therefor the sum of $2,600. The farm contains' 48 acres. Mr. Thomas Clark, Sr., of Mor- ris, who had the misfortune a short time ago to have one of his legs broken, is recovering rapidly. Miss Newell and sister left on Monday to join the rest of their - family in Manitoba. We hope they will have a safe and pleasant trip. Mr. Peter Moir, of Usborne, son. of Mr. Andrew Moir, left on Wed- nesday morning to take charge of a school in Colorado. at a salary of $1,000 per year. This is one in- stance among many showing how our young men are appreciated! abroad. Read the Advertisements — It's a Profitable Pastime s OIL THE WHEELS OF PROGRESS In a thousand ways, the money you have on deposit at the B of M is working for you and for Canada ... creating new opportunities for Canadian enterprise and new jobs for Canadians in every calling. Yes, in all fields of Canadian endeavour, your savings are helping finance projects large and small . . . supplying much of the money, necessary for growth and expansion of our industry and commerce. 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